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Associate Professor Barry Ness is LUCSUS' new Director from 1st January 2024. He is excited about this new venture in his career, and aims to bring a collaborative and inclusive leadership approach to the role, one that mirrors the greater…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/meet-new-lucsus-director-barry-ness- 2024-01-11

LUMES alumni Sahana Subramanian started her PhD Studies at LUCSUS in Spring 2023. Sahana Subramanian will be working in the NaturICE research project, where she hopes to provide a better understanding of how societal-nature relationships…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-sahana-subramanian-explores-plural-values-human-nature-relationships-glacierized- 2024-01-31

DEVRES 2024 Helen Avery, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Environment and Climate Science, LU  Jonas Ewald, Senior Lecturer, Linneus University & SWEDEV Steering Committee  Sara Gabrielsson, Senior Lecturer, Centre for Sustainability Studies,…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024/scientific-committee- 2024-04-19

  Full project title Building Inclusive Urban Communities Main funding organisation European Union. BInUCom is funded under EU Erasmus+ Program in the field of Capacity Building in Higher Education. Project leader at Lund University…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/building-inclusive-urban-communities- 2020-11-27

Key research area at LUCSUS Supporting a sustainable and good life involves a profound shift in how we relate and how we care for each other and nature. Accordingly, policy makers as well as practitioners and researchers are increasingly…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/research/research-themes/climate-change-and-resilience/mindsets-culture-and-behaviour- 2024-03-26

PhD student Valentina works in the FORMAS-funded project Environmental Human Rights Defenders – Change Agents at the Crossroads of Climate change, Biodiversity and Cultural Conservation. She hopes her research will contribute to an…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-valentina-lomanto-explores-role-environmental-human-rights-defenders-agents-change- 2024-01-30

We’re happy to announce that this year’s Development Research Conference (DevRes) will be held at Lund University on October 21-23. The conference aims to gather Swedish affiliated researchers working in fields linked to development and…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/save-date-devres-conference-21-23-october- 2024-01-30

PhD student Carmen Margiotta will explore how diverse cosmological worldviews influence individuals' connections with glaciers, as part of the project NaturICE. Her specific focus revolves around the intersection of environmental and…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/phd-student-carmen-margiotta-studies-how-individuals-worldviews-influcence-connections-glaciers- 2024-02-13

The role of individual inner dimensions and transformation in sustainability Project leaderChristine Wamsler, Professor at Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS)Program summaryHumanity is facing increasingly complex…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/contemplative-sustainable-futures- 2020-11-17

Farming practices have the potential to slow climate change by pulling carbon from the air and store it in the soil. A new study from LUCSUS has identified seven ways in which farmers can increase carbon sequestration. It also found that…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/study-identifies-seven-ways-which-farmers-can-help-increase-carbon-storage-soil- 2025-01-17

Improving Rural Livelihoods through the Diffusion of Sustainable Innovations Can market-oriented approaches be a pathway to improve rural livelihoods? Despite market-oriented approaches being promoted in numerous sectors and settings in…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/diffusion-sustainable-innovations- 2020-11-17

NATure-based Urban innoVATION The European commission has recently granted funding for the Horizon2020 project “NATURVATION: NATure-based URban innoVATION”.  Horizon 2020 is the biggest EU Research and Innovation programme.NATURVATION was…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/naturvation- 2020-11-17

Lund University Centre for Sustainability Studies (LUCSUS) is an interdisciplinary research centre dedicated to understanding and explaining pressing sustainability challenges, while contributing to policy and practice to drive social…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/about-lucsus- 2026-05-26

Join LUCSUS, Lund University and Lund municipality for this year's Sustainability week. We are organising many different events, and hope to see you there! Sustainability week is an annual event in Lund organised as a joint venture by Lund…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/join-lucsus-years-sustainability-week-lund-8-13-april-2024- 2024-03-25

A new research project aims to enhance educators' skills for nurturing inner resilience and reducing climate anxiety of learners through trauma-informed and creative approaches that link inner and outer dimensions of transformation. It is…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/article/new-lucsus-research-project-aims-address-climate-anxiety-youth-and-enhance-skills-educators-and- 2024-03-12

Conference venue Address: Inspira, Medicon Village, Scheelevägen 4, 223 63 Lund  Abstracts Devres 2024 The complete list of abstracts presented at Devres 2024 (Pdf, 779 kb, opens i new window) Print friendly version of the programme Print…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024/programme-devres-2024- 2024-10-22

Susan Chomba Dr Susan Chomba is the Director of Vital Landscapes at the World Resources Institute (WRI). She leads WRI Africa’s work on forest protection and landscape restoration, food systems transformation and water. She is a scientist…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/devres2024/keynote-speakers-devres-2024- 2024-10-08

At LUCSUS we have two international Master of Science programmes, in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science (LUMES), and Climate Change and Society (LUCAS). Master's of Science in Environmental Studies and Sustainability Science …

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes- 2026-02-24

Master of Science Programme in Climate Change and Society Do you want to work with climate change transitions and sustainability? Then the masters programme in Climate Change and Society (LUCAS) is for you! It offers tools and strategies…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society- 2025-11-24

On this webpage we have gathered information about entry requirements, selection criteria, the application process and the necessary documents needed for a complete application. Entry requirements and Selection criteriaTo be admitted to…

https://www.lucsus.lu.se/education/master-science-programmes/lucas-climate-change-and-society/entry-requirement-selection-criteria-and-application- 2025-11-26